Settings

Detailed Description

gxPLSetting is used to pass settings to top-level classes. This class can be instantiated directly or through the parameters of the command line.

Functions
gxPLSetting *	gxPLSettingFromCommandArgs (int argc, char *argv[], gxPLConnectType type)
	Returns a new gxPLApplication setting from command line parameters. More...
gxPLSetting *	gxPLSettingNew (const char *iface, const char *iolayer, gxPLConnectType type)
	Returns a new gxPLApplication setting from parameters. More...

Function Documentation

gxPLSetting* gxPLSettingFromCommandArgs	(	int	argc,
		char *	argv[],
		gxPLConnectType	type
	)

Returns a new gxPLApplication setting from command line parameters.

This will parse the passed command array for options and parameters It supports the following options:

• -i / –interface xxx : interface or device used to access the network
• -n / –net xxx : hardware abstraction layer to access the network
• -W / –timeout xxx : set the timeout at the opening of the io layer
• -d / –debug : enable debugging, it can be doubled or tripled to increase the level of debug.
• -D / –nodaemon : do not daemonize (if supported)
• -B / –baudrate : serial baudrate (if iolayer use serial port)
• -r / –reset : performed iolayer reset (if supported)

Parameters

argc	number of parameters from main
argv	list of parameters from main
type	network connection type

Returns

the setting or NULL if error occurs

Examples:

hub/gxpl-hub.c, logger/gxpl-logger.c, and sender/gxpl-sender.c.

gxPLSetting* gxPLSettingNew	(	const char *	iface,
		const char *	iolayer,
		gxPLConnectType	type
	)

Returns a new gxPLApplication setting from parameters.

Parameters

iface	network interface name o, the system
iolayer	network access layer name
type	network connection type

Returns

the setting or NULL if error occurs